St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-19
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings Board Public Works
Regular Meeting.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 13, 1887.


Starkey and Mr.. President.
Reading the minutes of the 10th and
11th inst. dispensed with, and upon
motion the said minutes were approved.
An official order, approved Oct. s,
1887, was received from the Park Com
mission directing the Board of Public
Works to appraiSe or assess the damages
and compensation to the parties entitled
thereto for the condemnation of the fol-
lowing described property, tO-wit: Be-
ginning at a stake in lot four az,
section seventeen Q7), town twenty
eight (2S), north range twenty-three (23)
west, said stake being north 46 deg 33
min w 964.5 feet from the southeast
corner of said section; thence n
20 deg. w 1,211 feet: thence
curving 40 deg to the west with
a radius of 555.2 feet distance of 3S7
feet; thence n. 60 deg. w 1,l19 feet;
thence west 504 feet, more or less, along
the north line of lot 3 of said section, to
the Mississippi river; thence southeast
erly along the east bank of said river
2.3715 feet, more or less, to a stake due
west from the point of begin
ming; thence east l,03S feet. more
or less, to the point of beginning, con-
tanning 10 acres more or less, i'll the city
of St. Paul, for a public park, to be
known as Iliawatha park, and to assess
upon the parcels of land benefited 80
per cent of the cost and expenses neces-
Sary to be incurred by said cOndemna-
tiOn for said park. Referred to whole
Board to view.
An official order. approved Oct. S,
1887. was received from the Park Com
mission directing the Board of Public
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ages and compensation to the parties en-
titled thereto for the condemnation of
the following described property, ,to-wit:
Commencing at the intersection of
Ramsey street with an alley which lies
northwest of block II of Terrace Park
addition to St. Paul, according to the
recorded plat thereof on file in the
Office of the register of deeds of Ram
sey county: thence from said point of
intersection SW'ly along the north line
of said alley BAG 2-l0 feet to the E line of
Abby h. Cakes, formerly E. ), Bur
banks land; thence My along said
Abby H. Oakes', formerly f. 5. Bur
banks, F. line, 252 40 feet to
the 5 line of Ramsey street; thence
east along said 5 line of Ramsey
street to said point of intersection, the
place of beginning. Also all of the tri-
angular piece of land in the city of st.
Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota.
bounded by Summit avenue, West
ern avenue and Ramsey street
Except those portions thereof
owned by Maurice Auerbach and wife
and the city of st. Paul., for a public
park, to be known as Carpenter park,
and to assess upon the parcels OF land
benefited fifty per cent of the cost and
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said condemnation for said park. Re-
ferred to whole Board to view.
Order of Council to Board, approved
June -. 1887, for formal report on grad
ing Congress street, from Dakota avenue
to Ohio street. Referred to Engineer
for plan and estimate of cost.
Order of Council to Board, approved
Sept Z, 1887, to cause stone sidewalk
to be laid on the south side of Fifth
street, in from of lot 6 and the westerly
thirty feet of lot ), block II, Rice and
Irvine's addition to st. Paul: also on
the south side of Fifth street, in front
of lots |. =, 3 and I, block 81, Rice and
Irvine's addition to st. Paul. Referred
to Engineer to carry out.
On motion it was ordered that the
Council be asked to cause a refunding
order for $3.50 to be drawn upon the
City Treasury in favor of Joseph SchlitZ
Brewing Company. owner of lot 10 lex
cept nOltherly - feet and SLY 20
feet, Charles Weide's subdivision of
book 81, Arlington Hills Addition to
st. Paul, the said sum having been over
paid by said owner on account of error
in assessment against said lot ID. for the
sprinkling of Payne avenue, from Rail
road to Sims street. in Sprinkling Dis
trict No. =, under contract of William
FOrreStal for term ending November
-. 1887.
1t having been made to appear to the
Board that lot 3, block 81, Banning IL
Olivier's addition to West st. Paul, has
been erroneOusly included in the assess
ment for the opening of a street for
Upper Town bridge $50 called. from Cliff
street at its intersection with Forbes
street (now Smith avenue) to Cherokee
avenue at its intersection with Mohawk
avenue (nOw Smith avenue), the ASSESS
ment for said improvement was cor
rected by abating the amount go as
sessed against said lot 3, SO as to con-
form to the facts and rights of the case
as intended.
1t having been made to appear to the
Board that the property hereinafter de-
scribed has been OveraSSeSSed for the
Sprinkling of TiltOn street, from Waba-
sha street to Rice street, in Sprinkling
District No. 4. the assessment for said
sprinkling was corrected by reducing
the amount assessed against said prop
erty S25J. so as to conform to the facts
and rights of the case and so as to read
as follows. tO-wit:
Ot l, block 3, RamSey's addition
to st. Paul. ..................... 81 Ob
1t having been made to appear to the
Board that the property hereinafter
described has been OveraSSeSSed for the
sprinkling of Walnut street, from Pleas
ant avenue to Irvine park, in Sprink-
ling District No. ), the assessment for
said Sprinkling was corrected, by re-
ducing the amount assessed against said
63 cents,sO as to conform to the
facts and rights of the case as intended
and so as to read as follows, tO-wit:
Southeasterly 80 ft, except alley,
of lot 6, block %, Rice Il lr-
vines addition to st. Paul. -. 81 81
1t having been made to appear to the
Board that an error has been made in
the assessment for the construction, re-
LAYING and repairing wooden sidewalks,
under contract of James FOrreStal (ES-
innate No. y, for term beginning April
|. 1886. and ending Nov. l, 1886, as to
ownership, description of and amount
assessed against the property of A. II.
Wilder, Seventh street, north side), the
same was corrected so as to conform to
the facts and rights of the case as in
tended, and so as to read as follows, to-
wit:
A. II. Wilder ct al. Commenc-
ing OH northerly line of Sev-
enth street, 217.1S feet WHY
of WHY line of Frank street;
thence My at right angles
to the right of way of the Chi
cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis d
Omaha railroad: thence NE1y
along said right of way to the
E line of NV 4 of Sc Il OF
section 2S, town 90, range %: